Katie Galioto

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Getting into Northwestern University or the University of Chicago has never been easy. But these days, it’s even harder — and the degree of difficulty has increased more at these two local schools than anywhere in the country, according to a new report. High school seniors hoping to head to the...

A deer found injured Monday on CTA Blue Line tracks between the Rosemont and O’Hare “L” stations had to be euthanized because of the extent of its injuries, according to city animal control officials. The emergency response to the injured deer caused Blue Line service between the Harlem and O’Hare...

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, bells rang around the world. The war was over. The fighting had stopped. The boys were coming home. Bells across the globe will toll again Sunday, 100 years after the signing of the Armistice and the end of World War I. On all U.S. Navy...

McHenry County officials failed to include tens of thousands of ballots in Election Day results that were posted Tuesday, officials have disclosed. The discovery has affected the outcome in one County Board race, where a Democratic challenger has now pulled ahead of a Republican incumbent. The...

More than five weeks after a gunman shot and killed two people in Rogers Park, apparently at random, the reward for information to help solve the case has been raised to $150,000. The reward, boosted by donations from residents and businesses, is believed to be the largest offered in Chicago for...

Chicagoland’s voters came out in full force Tuesday, with all local election agencies reporting the highest turnout levels in more than a decade for a midterm election. Data from the city and surrounding counties — suburban Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will — show more of those...

Chicago residents want gun dealers to be certified by the state, a ban on plastic straws and revenue from legalized marijuana funneled into public schools and mental health services. When residents took to the polls Tuesday, they got to have their say on issues ranging from marijuana revenue —...

Voters across Cook County turned out at the polls in near record-high numbers Tuesday, with a surge in young voters in Chicago and suburban Cook County driven by everything from a 2016 election hangover to a desire to support legal marijuana use. Statewide turnout totals won’t be official for weeks,...